Chi-Chia's blog

A pre-trip note for Kanazawa, Toyama, and Komatsu covering the Nara period: the Etchū provincial capital and Ōtomo no Yakamochi's Man'yō poems, the Tōdai-ji estate maps, Bohai envoys on the Japan Sea coast, and why the written record differs so much across the three areas.

A spontaneous family stay at Fame Hall Garden Hotel in Longtan, Taoyuan, covering the room, the Toddler's Playroom, dinner at Parents Restaurant, breakfast, fish feeding, and how the hotel felt after another return visit.

A travel note for Komatsu, Kanazawa, and Toyama that organizes the Asuka period, the spread of Buddhism and writing culture, and the archaeological evidence for settlement, production, administration, ritual, and tomb change in the three cities.

A Taipei family activity at Suiye Farm where the kids learned about chickens, mixed feed, fed hens, picked eggs, and met retired horses.

The first Hokuriku history-and-culture note for our upcoming trip to Kanazawa, Toyama, and Komatsu, bringing together the key sites, Toyama's shakoki-dogu, and the archaeological context from the Paleolithic, Jomon, Yayoi, and Kofun periods.

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